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Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), IIT Bombay

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • 31 Employees

Established in IIT Bombay in 1976, Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE)has grown into one of the premier centres in the country working in the frontier area of Geo-informatics and Natural Resources Engineering.Modern technologies like Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), Satellite image processing and Remote Sensing, are extensively used in the Centre's in teaching, research, consultancy and continuing education programmes. CSRE has been active in contributing significantly towards the needs of developing and demonstrating the technology of satellite data utilisation and development of Geographic Information Systems. The Centre has successfully demonstrated the application potential of remote sensing technology in the programs of disaster mitigation like drought and flood along with national agencies such as ISRO and NRSC.The Centre has also developed mutually beneficial international collaborations to carry out contemporary research programs with Leeds University, UK, Miami and Minnesota Universities in the USA, Melbourne University, Australia, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and ITC, The Netherlands.CSRE is looking for new faculty in the following areas:* Oceanography* Atmospheric Remote Sensing* Water Resources* Climate Change Modelling* Snow, Glaciers, Ice studies* Natural Hazards and Disaster Management* Forestry and Ecology* Infrastructure Planning* Planetary Sciences* Geocomputation and Scientific Visualization* Computer Vision* Surveying and geodesy* Urban Development and Town Planning.For more information: head.csre@iitb.ac.in